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1. In 2005 John Arne Riise scored the fastest goal in League Cup Final history, though Liverpool ended up losing 3-2 to Chelsea. After how many seconds was the goal?

2. Paraguay's flamboyant goalkeeper Jose Luis Chilavert was a potent goalscorer. How many goals did he score during his professional career (club and international)?

3. David Beckham made his Premier League debut on 2 April 1995 in a goalless draw against Leeds United. What shirt number did he wear?

4. In what year was Birmingham City FC founded with the original name of Small Heath Alliance?

5. The Egyptian Premier League was founded in 1948 and Cairo's Al Ahly have been by far the most successful side, winning the title again in 2019. How many championships have they won?

6. PSG set a European record for the number of points they won Ligue 1 by in the 2015-16 season. How many points ahead did they finish?

7. Arguably the dirtiest footballer of all time is Columbian defensive midfielder Gerardo Bedoya. In a professional career that included playing for top flight clubs in Columbia, Argentina and Mexico and 49 international caps, how many red cards did he receive?

8. Dixie Dean (Tranmere Rovers, Everton) holds the record for the the most hat-tricks in English football. How many did he achieve in his career from 1923-1937?

9. In 2018 Bradley Wright-Phillips became the fastest player to score 100 goals in Major League Soccer regular season games. How many matches did it take him?

10. San Marino played their first international fixture in 1990 against Switzerland and have only ever won one match out of the 164 that they have played. How many goals have they scored?

I will do the answers on Thursday afternoon.

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Some proper testing of who uses google here.

12 players so far. it could be a close one. I will leave it open a couple more hours before I do the results rundown...

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Football not my strongest subject so some proper guess work here!

Alright we have 16 runners. Cheers everyone. Answers coming after I make a brew.

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1. In 2005 John Arne Riise scored the fastest goal in League Cup Final history, though Liverpool ended up losing 3-2 to Chelsea. After how many seconds was the goal?

The answer was 45 seconds. Perhaps a bit of a trick as it isn't THAT fast, but one of the questions that some people might know outright.

19 Arbboy
33 Pokerpops
46 Rubbish
45 Scotty
27 Karabiner
40 Ironside
37 Juperjiper
31 Stato
45 Dacorb
41 KarmaDope
10 Doobs
23 Nivrana
17 Tighty
27 4kSuited
41 BunnyD
26 Ledders

Scotty and Dacorb get it bang on and lead with 0 points

Scoreboard after round two...

2. Paraguay's flamboyant goalkeeper Jose Luis Chilavert was a potent goalscorer. How many goals did he score during his professional career (club and international)?

The answer was 67.

This includes one hat-trick and eight international goals. Always a bit of a liability if he missed a penalty though.

Answers were a spread:

32 Arbboy
40 Pokerpops
49 Rubbish
45 Scotty
17 Karabiner
40 Ironside
87 Juperjiper
74 Stato
68 Dacorb
50 KarmaDope
60 Doobs
31 Nivrana
65 Tighty
19 4kSuited
39 BunnyD
190 Ledders (oof!)

Scores for the round

1 Dacorb
2 Tighty
7 Doobs
7 Stato
17 KarmaDope
18 Rubbish
20 Juperjiper
22 Scotty
27 Pokerpops
27 Ironside
28 BunnyD
35 Arbboy
36 Nivrana
48 4kSuited
50 Karabiner
123 Ledders

Overall scores after two rounds.

Dacorb leads with a mighty one point with a pack of four chasers close behind. Ledders stuck in the traps.

1 Dacorb
19 Rubbish
21 Stato
21 KarmaDope
22 Scotty
28 Juperjiper
30 Tighty
42 Doobs
32 Ironside
32 BunnyD
39 Pokerpops
58 Nivrana
61 Arbboy
66 4kSuited
68 Karabiner
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142 Ledders

FARCE favouitism why is doobs ahead when he has 42 and i have 32

3. David Beckham made his Premier League debut on 2 April 1995 in a goalless draw against Leeds United. What shirt number did he wear?

The answer was 28, he wore this shirt for his first two Premiership seasons. His shirts went 28, 24, 10 then 7. Nobody manager to get it bang on. A few went for 12,13 and 14 thinking perhaps there were no squad numbers at this time?

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Very hard to get a big score in this round.

23 Arbboy
23 Pokerpops
40 Rubbish
23 Scotty
27 Karabiner
10 Ironside
27 Juperjiper
20 Stato
22 Dacorb
17 KarmaDope
12 Doobs
31 Nivrana
14 Tighty
13 4kSuited
24 BunnyD
34 Ledders

Overall scores after three rounds. Not too much change with this one. Dacorb still well out in front.

7 Dacorb
27 Scotty
29 Stato
29 Juperjiper
31 Rubbish
32 KarmaDope
36 BunnyDas
44 Tighty
44 Pokerpops
50 Ironside
58 Doobs
61 Nivrana
66 Arbboy
69 Karabiner
81 4kSuited
148 Ledders

Alphabetical order innit

Some bink by me on the Riise question.

but his score was bigger FARCE

4. In what year was the mighty Birmingham City FC founded with the original name of Small Heath Alliance?

The answer was 1875 and this is printed on the badge. From Wikipedia - Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, it was renamed Small Heath in 1888, Birmingham in 1905, and Birmingham City in 1943

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Everyone thought it was later than it actually was.

Guesses with points awarded after each name. Tighty with the best score of 3. And a disaster for Scotty who went for post WW1

1892 Arbboy (17)
1895 Pokerpops (20)
1890 Rubbish (15)
1920 Scotty (45)
1897 Karabiner (22)
1880 Ironside (5)
1897 Juperjiper (22)
1904 Stato (29)
1896 Dacorb (21)
1882 KarmaDope (7)
1900 Doobs (25)
1888 Nivrana (13)
1878 Tighty (3)
1908 4kSuited (33)
1900 BunnyD (25)
1896 Ledders (21)

Running total after 4 rounds.

Tighty and rubbish move into the Champions League spots. The relegation places remain unchanged.

28 Dacorb
39 KarmaDope
46 Rubbish
47 Tighty
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51 Juperjiper
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55 Ironside
58 Stato
61 BunnyDas
64 Pokerpops
72 Scotty
74 Nivrana
83 Doobs
83 Arbboy
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91 Karabiner
114 4kSuited
169 Ledders

5. The Egyptian Premier League was founded in 1948 and Cairo's Al Ahly have been by far the most successful side, winning the title again in 2019. How many championships have they won?

The answer was 41

Tighty and Ironside almost binked it.

47 Arbboy (6)
44 Pokerpops (3)
47 Rubbish (6)
50 Scotty (9)
57 Karabiner (16)
40 Ironside (1)
37 Juperjiper (4)
58 Stato (17)
43 Dacorb (2)
35 KarmaDope (6)
31 Doobs (10)
46 Nivrana (5)
40 Tighty (1)
34 4kSuited (7)
53 BunnyD (12)
48 Ledders (4)

Table at the half way point.

I thought that under 100 would be a very good score and under 50 would be pretty amazing. Some folks are still on track.

30 Dacorb
45 KarmaDope
48 Tighty
52 Rubbish
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55 Juperjiper
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56 Ironside
67 Pokerpops
71 Stato
73 BunnyDas
79 Nivrana
81 Scotty
89 Arbboy
93 Doobs
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107 Karabiner
121 4kSuited
173 Ledders


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6. PSG set a European record for the number of points they won Ligue 1 by in the 2015-16 season. How many points ahead did they finish?

They were a massive 31 points in front. Nirvana got it spot on.

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Arbboy 26 (5)
Pokerpops 28 (7)
Rubbish 30 (1)
Scotty 25 (6)
Karabiner 27 (4)
Ironside 30 (1)
Juperjiper 47 (16)
Stato 33 (2)
Dacorb 23 (10)
KarmaDope 28 (3)
Doobs 32 (1)
Nivrana 31 (0)
Tighty 28 (3)
4kSuited 21 (10)
BunnyD 28 (3)
Ledders 28 (3)

Table after 6 rounds

Dacorb still leads with the advantage reduced to ten points. Ironside moves into the into the Europa League spot after a couple of solid rounds. Karabiner, 4ksuited and Ledders remain in relegation trouble

38 Dacorb
48 KarmaDope
51 Tighty
53 Rubbish
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57 Ironside
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71 Juperjiper
74 Pokerpops
76 BunnyDas
77 Stato
79 Nivrana
87 Scotty
94 Arbboy
94 Doobs
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111 Karabiner
131 4kSuited
173 Ledders

Woohoo. Nice use of images to make this interesting to look through as well as read through. Great effort

I had so many answers in the 40's I changed Beckham's shirt number from 18 to 40. Aaaaaaaaaaargghhhh

2 point difference, sure you'll cope.

7. Arguably the dirtiest footballer of all time is Columbian defensive midfielder Gerardo Bedoya. In a professional career that included playing for top flight clubs in Columbia, Argentina and Mexico and 49 international caps, how many red cards did he receive?

The answer was an incredible 46 red cards. His rap sheet includes a 15 match ban for an elbow and subsequent kick to the head of an opponent in the Bogota derby, which I believe could get a bit spicy at times. After that particular incident, the 41st red card of his career, Bedoya defended himself to reporters saying he "just wasn't like that"

Incredibly after he retired it still wasn't over. Twenty-one minutes into his coaching debut for Independiente Santa Fe he was sent to the stands after a 10 minute tirade against the referee.

(https://www.futbolred.com/files/article_main/files/crop/uploads/2018/02/08/5a7c72dadf6b0.r_1550980819895.0-40-800-440.jpeg)

Arbboy 48  (2)
Pokerpops 45 (1)
Rubbish 42 (4)
Scotty 25 (21)
Karabiner 17 (29)
Ironside 30 (16)
Juperjiper 27 (19)
Stato 45 (1)
Dacorb 42 (4)
KarmaDope 32 (14)
Doobs 55 (9)
Nivrana 31 (15)
Tighty 50 (4)
4kSuited 28 (18)
BunnyD 30(16)
Ledders 22 (24)

Table after 7 rounds

Karmadope falls to 4th after good rounds from Tighty and rubbish. Stato and PokerPops move up to challenge for the European places after getting just a single point in that round.

42 Dacorb
55 Tighty
57 Rubbish
62 KarmaDope
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73 Ironside
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75 Pokerpops
78 Stato
90 Juperjiper
92 BunnyDas
94 Nivrana
96 Arbboy
103 Doobs
109 Scotty
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140 Karabiner
149 4kSuited
200 Ledders

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Read the answer and for some reason thought it was 23???

I actually guessed 23 thinking that his Real number was maybe his shirt number from when he started out.

Also just realised you're battling at the right end of the table so the 2 points are more important.

8. Dixie Dean (Tranmere Rovers, Everton) holds the record for the the most hat-tricks in English football. How many did he achieve in his career from 1923-1937?

The answer was a massive 37 Hat-tricks. Including 85 goals in the calendar year of 1928

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Postcard_dean.jpg)

Arbboy 24 (13)
Pokerpops 33 (4)
Rubbish 41 (4)
Scotty 40 (3)
Karabiner 7 (30)
Ironside 30 (7)
Juperjiper 17(20)
Stato 22(15)
Dacorb 19 (18)
KarmaDope 39 (2)
Doobs 52 (15)
Nivrana 31 (6)
Tighty 40 (3)
4kSuited 56 (19)
BunnyD 52 (15)
Ledders 33 (4)

------Table after 8 rounds--------

Tighty charges into the league with an amazing run of scores of 3, 1, 3, 4, 3 in the last five rounds but it is incredibly...well...tight at the top. There are just six points covering the top four. All to play for for with just two rounds left. Ironside is left ruing the fact that the vagaries of UEFA co-efficients only allocate one Europe League place to Blonde Poker. The bottom three remain absolutely marooned and Nirvana finally has his name written correctly in the table.

58 Tighty
60 Dacorb
61 Rubbish
64 KarmaDope
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79 Pokerpops
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80 Ironside
93 Stato
100 Nirvana
107 BunnyDas
109 Arbboy
110 Juperjiper
111 Scotty
118 Doobs
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170 Karabiner
168 4kSuited
204 Ledders

I’ve had to adjust my goal.

And I’ve just achieved top position of the bottom three - please let me enjoy this by moving me up a spot in the charts! (Sorry Karabiner - it’s probably only temporary :0))

9. In 2018 Bradley Wright-Phillips became the fastest player to score 100 goals in Major League Soccer regular season games. How many matches did it take him?

The answer was 159.

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Perhaps the biggest spread of answers so far puts the cat among the pigeons somewhat. 150 proved a solid answer for Tighty, Ironside and Karmadope, with Arbboy taking the over for the same score but Scotty just pips them by three points. Those believing that BWP could achieve more than a goal a game probably hadn't seen him plying his trade for Plymouth and Charlton before moving stateside.

165 Scotty  (6)
168 Arbboy  (9)
150 Tighty (9)
150 Ironside (9)
150 KarmaDope (9)
145 4kSuited (14)
175 Rubbish  (16)
177 Karabiner  (18)
133 Ledders (26)
131 Nirvana (28)
121 Dacorb (38)
95 BunnyD (64)
93 Stato (66)
82 Pokerpops (77)
75 Doobs (84)
67 Juperjiper (92)

Table to follow!

Holy crap, I think I might be out of the relegation zone  ;letsparty;

I've fooked it.

Me too!

Table with one round left

After so long at the top Dacorb's chances are blown, falling to fifth place. It is probably a three horse race for the title at this point, but Ironside after moving into the Champions League places will feel he has an outside shot if his extensive knowledge of San Marinese football finally pays off.

After languishing in the relegation places for most of the season 4kSuited and Karabiner dramatically scramble to possible safety, plunging Doobs and JuperJiper into a relegation dogfight. Even more incredibly, after being bottom all season, Ledders now has a chance to get himself out of last place on the last question and has a small hope of avoiding the drop.

67 Tighty
73 KarmaDope
77 Rubbish
89 Ironside
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98 Dacorb
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117 Scotty
118 Arbboy
128 Nirvana
156 Pokerpops
159 Stato
171 BunnyDas
182 4kSuited
188 Karabiner
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202 Doobs
202 Juperjiper
230 Ledders

10. San Marino played their first international fixture in 1990 against Switzerland and have only ever won one match out of the 164 that they have played. How many goals have they scored?

The answer is 24. Including one to take the lead against England 8.3 seconds after kick-off in 1993.

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20 Tighty (4)
20 BunnyD (4)
34 Dacorb (5)
17 Ledders (7)
15 Doobs (9)
34 KarmaDope (10)
12 Ironside (12)
37 Karabiner  (13)
11 Stato (13)
8 Arbboy  (16)
40 Rubbish  (16)
40 Scotty  (16)
8 Nirvana (16)
7 Juperjiper (17)
53 4kSuited (29)
83 Pokerpops (59)

come on the san marino

bugger i might have fecked it up

It was all going so well lol. Thanks for running, it's appreciated

An imperious performance from Tighty sees him finish with a score of 71. His scorecard reading 28, 2, 14, 3, 1, 3, 4, 3, 9, 4. Congrats!

KarmaDope, Rubbish and Ironside complete the Champions League places with very solid scores for each of them.

After a flying start Dacorb fails by two points to sneak into the top four at the end as Ironside hangs on.

An absolute disaster from Pokerpops in the last round who plunges into the relegation zone on the last round after plodding along in mid table for most of the competition after vastly overestimating the potency of San Marino's attack. After all, Andy Selva (San Marino's record to goalscorer) has scored just eight international goals.

Juperjiper also goes down as does Ledders who remained in last place for the entire competition after collecting over half his total points on the second question.

71 Tighty
83 KarmaDope
93 Rubbish
101 Ironside
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103 Dacorb
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133 Scotty
134 Arbboy
144 Nirvana
172 Stato
175 BunnyDas
201 Karabiner
211 4kSuited
211 Doobs
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215 Pokerpops
219 Juperjiper
237 Ledders

Thanks everyone. It was fun and I learnt how to use Excel again!

i was saved by the fact i thought i knew the san marino one so didnt guess all the rest were guesses ending in zero those 2 points got me euro football next season

Nice one Bergeroo.

I must admit when  first saw the questions my immediate thought was if I could beat Tighty I would win. Right up his street this one, well played Bud.

Great reveal.

Birmingham did me in with a non-sensical answer, otherwise fairly solid.

Since it might save me from Championship Quizzing could you check my score on this question please...

Well done Bergermeister, excellent quiz and superb reveal although not quite in Arb's league.

The Quiz Association has adjudicated and declared that I made a typo on the forum post - your answer submitted was actually 38. So your points (7) were correct. Unfortunately you are relegated and your possible 11th hour reprieve has been denied.

Good decision.  I remember thinking Bradley Wright Philips must score in about 3/4 of his games on average.  I deserved relegation just for that bit of shit maths.  I was pleased to see pokerpops scoring the equivalent of a hatrick of own goals in the last game.

I messed up that first question hilariously bad. Onwards and upwards

Tighty, you firing one up? Or anyone?

Missed it :(

Sorry bergeroo.

I'll enter your next one :)